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Offline MegMac

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What Variables can be used to rename files?
« on: September 12, 2018, 06:54:53 AM »
Hi,
I have searched through forum and manual and have not found the answer.
I know I can rename files by such variables as {year4} and {keywords}, but I can't rename using the variables {caption} or {title}. Are there only certain variables that can be used for renaming? I know it's odd to want to rename by title or caption, but it's a workaround for another separate issue!
OS: Windows 10
PM version: V5 build 19695

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Re: What Variables can be used to rename files?
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2018, 08:40:27 AM »
These are all of the renaming variables:

x, w, y, h, f, op,
act, now, h24, hr0, nhr, min, sec, ihr, cat,
hour, time, ssec, file, newf, fbas, nfwb,
fnum, fnm4, brit, uniq, itim, ihr0, ih24,
imin, isec, city, stat, prov, cnty, objt,
slug, virn, sup1, sup2, sup3, cred, tdyu,
srce, titl, home, edit, head, exer, tref,
cmds, inst, nhr0, nh24, nmin, nsec, nsub,
nows, nwsl, tims, tmsl, mtms, auto, seqn,
galt, gdtm, gdir, gtim, glat, glon, gtrk,
frame, width, state, title, virin, track,
height, minute, second, frame4, object, byline,
credit, source, gpsdir, nowsort, country, gpstime,
filename, timesort, uniqueid, iptctime, category,
suppcat1, suppcat2, suppcat3, transref, headline,
exercise, province, homeunit, cmdshown, sequence,
altitude, gpsdatum, latitude, subsecond, nowminute,
nowsecond, operation, longitude, actuations, iptcminute,
iptcsecond, brightness, assignment, editstatus,
newfilename, nowsortlong, modtimesort, filenamebase,
timesortlong, nowsubsecond, instructions, newfilenamebase

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Re: What Variables can be used to rename files?
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2018, 01:16:20 AM »
Strange: I can rename just fine using the {caption} variable (even if it is a multiline caption; the newlines are simply replaced with a dash)...
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